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Thomas Tracy

Feds blast drug kingpin’s bid for NY prison release due to stress headaches, need for vegan diet

NEW YORK — Queens drug kingpin Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols’ bid for early release from prison due to stress headaches was blasted Friday by federal prosecutors, who said the convict’s migraine problem “is not an extraordinary and compelling reason” to be given a get-out-of-jail-free card.

The 63-year-old drug lord made his request in a letter to Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Edward Korman on Aug. 15, claiming he was worried about his declining health and was suffering from “stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic.”

He also claimed that his grandson, sister and niece died in recent years and has been denied a vegan diet in federal prison.

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